Experimental study of impact-induced vibrations of a simple viscoelastic column model

The longitudinal and transverse displacements of an almost axially impacted two-degree-of-freedom viscoelastic cantilever column model have been determined experimentally. Cases for various ratios of natural frequencies of transverse to longitudinal vibrations and for different small angles of incidence have been investigated. The results obtained are compared with results of theoretical analysis. Good agreement is found.